Cranial Nerve Fourth Palsy due to Cerebrospinal Fluid Venous Fistula

Atish S Amin1, Pamela A Davila, Noor A Laylani

  • 1John Sealy School of Medicine (ASA, AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Head and Neck Surgery (ASA, PD, NL, PM, AGL), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (PD, NL, PM, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Texas A and M College of Medicine (AGL), Bryan, Texas; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

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